Chapter 3 The Biological Bases of Behavior Communication in the Nervous System * Nervous Tissue: The Basic Hardware * Neurons are individual cells in the nervous system that receive‚ integrate‚ and transmit information. * The soma‚ or cell body‚ contains the cell nucleus and much of the chemical machinery common to most cells. * Dendrites are the parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information. * The axon is a long‚ thin fiber that transmits signals
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Sensation and Perception 183 PSYCHOLOGY: Exploring Behavior Chapter: Sensation and Perception Sensation and Perception Sensation versus Perception Psychophysics and Thresholds Vision USING PSYCHOLOGY: Color Visual receptor: The Eye Operation of the Eye Eye Problem: Color Blindness Hearing Operation of the Ear Ear Problem: Deafness Chemical senses—Smell and Taste Chemical Senses Receptors: The Nose and Taste
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surroundings. Sensation: the raw information‚ doesn’t yet mean anything to you until... Perception: the mental process of sorting‚ identifying‚ and and arranging raw sensory data. Enduring Issues in Sensation and Perception Person-Situation: how accurately perceptual experiences reflect the world Mind-Body: experience depending in biological processes Diversity-University: How similarly people experience events Stability-Change‚ Nature-Nurture: How our experience changes our perceptions of the outside
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Sensation and Perception - Final Exam/Review Sheet 1. Identify by name the theory that investigates perception by presenting a stimulus signal in the presence of noise. What can we learn from the four possible categories of responses? 2. People are often described as being “nearsighted” or “farsighted.” To what actual conditions do these lay terms refer‚ and what why is it a problem? 3. Identify the visual defect that occurs when the course of the lightwaves entering your visual system
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2014 Eng 1101 Sensation and Perception As It Relates to Human Processing Although well related‚ sensation and perception play two complimentary but vastly different roles in how we interpret our world as humans. Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch‚ taste‚ sight‚ sound‚ and smell‚ also known as the five senses. This information is then sent to our brains in raw form where perception comes into play. Perception is the way we interpret sensations and then make
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After reading through the introduction chapter of my psychology book‚ perception and sensation‚ I concluded that I was not aware how our perception about things took effect and how we as humans could perceive things and act upon. The first section of the chapter‚ The Perceptual Process‚ outlined how the perceptual process works in our brains. When acting towards objects that occur in front of us whether they are small or big‚ it all begins with the lens of our eye and how a person quickly perceives
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Biological Criminal Behavior CJA/314 December 12‚ 2011 Biological Criminal Behavior Significant genetic and psychological evidence exists that supports the notion that biology played a role in explaining Mr. Hinckley’s crime of the attempted assignation of President Ronald Reagan by in 1981‚ including seriously injuring to three other people. According to Schmalleger (2012)‚ “The shape of a person’s skull corresponds to the shape of the underlying brain and is therefore indicative of the personality
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To represent the world in our head‚ we must detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals‚ a process traditionally called sensation. As we sense the world or react to particular stimuli ‚ our brains receive that visual information and transform it into neural impulses called transduction. Our eyes‚ a light-capturing organ‚ consists of many parts that aid in our vision. The retina‚ specifically the eye’s light-sensitive surface on which the light rays are focused‚ contain
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Sensation & Perception FRQ Signal Detection Theory- Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background “noise” and that detection depends on a person’s experiences‚ expectations‚ motivations‚ and fatigue level. A more experienced soldier understands the situation better and knows better what to watch and listen for than a less-experienced soldier. Soldiers in battle may detect a faint stimulus more accurately than a civilian because they have more motivation to hear
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exposed to higher levels of mercury or lead are three to five times more likely to be identified as having problems associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This study originated in a group of Inuit children in Quebec who were found to have a high rate of ADHD due to their exposure to mercury in their mother’s womb. These levels of mercury were likely caused by the consumption of seafood meat. Besides the link between mercury and ADHD‚ children with low levels of lead also were found
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